Women’s Day special: Lipstick Under My Burkha and its enduring battle against patriarchy

And it is in that minute realisation that the film understands and even drives home the point that empowerment doesn’t come easy. In that moment, the audiences along with Usha herself realise how being the universal “Buaji” and catering to the needs of everyone around her, Usha has somewhere lost her own identity. While it means earning a living for one, it means acknowledging one’s sexual desires or not wearing a burkha for another. But why that irked the then CBFC chief even in the slightest completely evades logic. It makes a relevant point without being preachy. Ratna Pathak Shah in a still from Lipstick Under My Burkha. When Pahlaj Nihalani called Lipstick Under My Burkha too ‘lady oriented’ at the time of its release, he was probably right. Shrivastava is able to knit the extraordinary with the ordinary with her every day women characters and their very real life struggles. 2018-03-08T17:40:56+00:00″>
Updated: March 8, 2018 5:40 pm